In 2014 he headed back to the classroom, teaching biology and computer science at Leadership Public Schools in Richmond, California, while leading
the ninth grade team, the science department, and the biology course team for the LPS network of schools.
Not exact matches
Children who are entering sixth through the
ninth grades in September 2013 are eligible to participate and should contact their local Buffalo & Erie County Public Library or call 858-8900 for details about this free, fun and exciting
team activity.
Battle of the Books is free and open to the public and the
teams are made up of dedicated young readers entering sixth through the
ninth grades in September.
Team members, comprised of dedicated young readers, entering sixth through the
ninth grade, spend months practicing challenging trivia questions pertaining to the same five preselected books before the big Battle event which plays out live in the ECC gymnasium in front of hundreds of supportive family and friends.
I clearly remember the day in the
ninth grade that a classmate accosted me in the hallway of my junior high to recruit me for the high school debate
team.
For her
ninth -
grade class, she divided students into two
teams, General Electric and the Waterkeeper Alliance, to debate who should clean up PCBs in the Hudson River.
Spector remembers a
ninth -
grade student with mild autism who stood up at the convention and presented his
team's game.
Imagine this: You're a
ninth -
grade math teacher, and you've just been anointed as head of the school's wellness committee, a
team thrown together to deal with student stress levels that are «far too high.»
Monroe High School Monroe, Michigan
Grades 9 - 12 Dr. Layne B Hunt, principal Our
ninth -
grade teachers are organized into
teams.
Of the cross-disciplinary project she helped develop with her
ninth -
grade teaching
team, math teacher Susan Reed says, «There's something nice about it.
A
ninth -
grade academy is a self - contained school - within - a-school with interdisciplinary teacher
teams designed to provide
ninth - graders a smooth transition to high school and a caring, respectful environment in which to begin their high school careers.
Don Reynolds, a
ninth -
grade teacher at West Generation Academy — part of the Generation Schools Network — praised this system: «With a minimum of ninety minutes a day of collaborative planning time, all
grade level and content
teams have the necessary time to develop standards - based, fully - aligned, yearlong plans, unit plans, and daily lesson plans as well as ample time to review and act upon student data.
In the spring, six weeks of the course are dedicated to the
ninth grade Capstone Project, which is designed to help students grow in their ability to collaborate, solve problems, think creatively, manage time effectively, and present persuasively through working with a small
team of students on a topic of their own choosing.
Our
ninth grade cluster program provides entering freshmen an opportunity for easier transition into the large high school setting by breaking their class into
teams that remain together for the four academic core classes (English, Social Studies, Math and Science).
The Oakland Tech
ninth -
grade team helped each other notice things about student work that they had not seen on their own, and to dig into questions such as:
The development of the new
teaming structure for the
ninth grade teachers will hopefully support the planning and coordination of more of this type of enriching educational experience in the future.